. >> you are implying that the cia is directing the contras. i would also like to ask whether having the cia investigate in such a sensitive area is not like sending the fox into the chicken coop. >> i am afraid i misspoke when i said it -- there is not someone at their directing all of this activity. there are man stationed in other countries in the world and central america. it was a man down there in that area, this was delivered to. he recognized what was in the manual was a contradiction of my own executive order that we had -- would have nothing to do with political associations. >> what is a president to wing when he takes his oath of office? he promises tfaithfully execute the laws of the land. a president c't know everything, but a president has to know those things that are essential to his leadership and the enforcement of our laws. this manual -- several thousands of which were produced -- was distributed, ordering political assassinations, hiring of criminals, and other forms of terrorism. some of it was excised, but the part deali